Penguin Books UK Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Penguin Books UK

On the 100th anniversary of #Ulysses' publication, we offer a friendly guide to getting stuck into James Joyce’s most celebrated novel 👇 https://t.co/Fxqy0BQXgh

Penguin Books UK

‘I am not proud, but I am happy; and happiness blinds, I think, more than pride.’ Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo #WednesdayWisdom

Penguin Books UK

If you're looking for a last minute #Christmas present, you can't go wrong with Silverview! One of 2021's biggest books, and the last finished work of the great John le Carré. Find out more: https://bit.ly/3yGrhxv https://t.co/9MtJo4wKmT

Penguin Books UK

Look no further than The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas – the rip-roaring 19th-century bestseller about wrongful imprisonment and delicious revenge. #AskPenguin https://t.co/BD9QCcAMtv https://t.co/MiwsLMM21J

Out of stock

Penguin Books UK

'Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.' E.M. Forster, A Room With A View #TuesdayThoughts

Penguin Books UK

The @netflix adaptation of Jane Austen's long-overlooked classic, #Persuasion, is finally streaming. @ElizabethLovatt has seen it, and... she has thoughts 👇 https://t.co/m8EDfhblko

Penguin Books UK

‘The longest way must have its close - the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.’ Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, born #OnThisDay in 1811 #TuesdayThoughts

Penguin Books UK

Have you read The Red House Mystery? It's the only detective story by Winnie-the-Pooh author A.A. Milne, and set in an old country house... If you're looking to be genuinely frightened, try The Haunting on Hill House by Shirley Jackson! #AskPenguin https://t.co/JwiOo3NLJT https://t.co/lHlQCZaWvE

Penguin Books UK

We recommend Radclyffe Hall's seminal novel, The Well of Loneliness. It was so scandalous it sparked a legal trial for obscenity upon publication in 1928, and subsequently became a huge bestseller. #AskPenguin https://amzn.to/3eSPnvR https://twitter.com/tessahankinson/status/1478684386644135936

Penguin Books UK

‘The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.’ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray #TuesdayThoughts